A man who was injured when an attacker burst into his Hainault home has told the BBC it is a "miracle" he and his family were not killed. Henry De Los Rios Polania, his wife and four-year-old daughter were sleeping when a man brandishing a sword broke into their home on 30 April.
The 35-year-old suffered serious hand injuries as he fought off the intruder.Four other people were attacked in the area, including Daniel Anjorin, 14, who died of his injuries. Mr Los Rios Polania said he and his wife had fallen asleep watching TV on an "ordinary" night and opened their eyes the following morning to find a man with a sword standing in front of them.
He said: "I thought I was going to die... even my wife and child. We thought we were going to die that morning." In his first interview since the attack, he said: "I believe a miracle happened in that room."
He recounted the moment he looked around for something to protect himself from the sword with, only to find "pillows and teddy bears". Mr Los Rios Polania made it clear he could not go into further detail about what happened in the bedroom, because he did not want to jeopardise the police investigation.
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